Books that inspired

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The Three Things Every Customer Needs
Byronnie August 9, 2025October 7, 2025

When a customer engages with a business, they are not simply buying a product or service – they are placing their trust, reputation, and future experience in the hands of another. Horst Schulze, co-founder of the Ritz-Carlton and a global pioneer in service excellence (his book Excellence Wins), distilled customer expectations into three simple but profound needs. These are not just guidelines for frontline teams – they are foundational pillars for any service-driven organisation.

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Blink – Harnessing Intuition for Faster, Smarter Service Decisions
Byronnie August 9, 2025October 7, 2025

In Blink, Malcolm Gladwell explores how our brains make split-second decisions – often faster and more accurately than we realise. He calls it thin-slicing: the ability to make sense of a situation in an instant, based on subtle cues and deep experience.

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Books that inspired | Communication | Culture | Customer Satisfaction | Empathy | Influence | Leadership | Moments that Matter | Service Culture | Service Excellence | Strengths | Transformation | Trust | Values

Unlocking Service Brilliance with ‘Rookie Smarts’
Byronnie August 8, 2025October 7, 2025

In a world that celebrates experience, Liz Wiseman’s Rookie Smarts offers a surprising challenge: what if inexperience is actually an asset? When it comes to creating a culture of service excellence, this message couldn’t be more timely.

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Books that inspired | Communication | Culture | Customer Satisfaction | Empathy | Frontline | Influence | Leadership | Moments that Matter | Service Culture | Service Excellence | Strengths | Transformation | Trust | Values

Rediscovering the Fire – The Founder’s Mentality and Service Excellence
Byronnie August 8, 2025October 7, 2025

Every organisation begins with a spark – a mission to change something, serve someone, or solve a problem. Over time, as systems grow and structures solidify, that spark often dims. The energy that once animated bold decisions and relentless customer focus can become buried beneath red tape, meetings, and risk aversion.

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Thinking for a Change – Service Culture Starts in the Mind
Byronnie August 8, 2025October 7, 2025

When service excellence feels stuck, the problem is rarely a lack of effort. More often, it’s a lack of thinking – about what matters most, what creates value, and what needs to change.

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Order, Responsibility, and Meaning
Byronnie August 8, 2025October 7, 2025

Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life is a call to personal responsibility, disciplined living, and meaningful engagement with the world. Though not written for a business context, many of the principles apply powerfully to service culture. At the heart of service excellence is the same philosophy: that order, care, and integrity shape not only results – but people.

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Beyond Expectation – Key principles from Unreasonable Hospitality
Byronnie August 8, 2025October 7, 2025

In Unreasonable Hospitality, Will Guidara shares the story of transforming Eleven Madison Park from a great restaurant into the best in the world – not by only obsessing over perfection, but by choosing to prioritise people and their experience above all. His philosophy is simple but profound: service is not about what you do, it’s about how you make people feel.

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Give and Take – The Culture of Contribution
Byronnie August 8, 2025October 7, 2025

Service excellence isn’t just about how well a task is performed – it’s about the mindset behind the action. In Give and Take, organisational psychologist Adam Grant explores how people interact in terms of reciprocity styles: Givers, Takers, and Matchers. His research has powerful implications for teams, service culture, and leadership.

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Never Split The Difference – Service that Negotiates with Empathy
Byronnie August 8, 2025October 7, 2025

Chris Voss’s landmark book on negotiation isn’t just for high-stakes hostage situations – it’s a masterclass in communication, empathy, and influence. When viewed through the lens of service excellence and culture building, it offers profound guidance on how teams and leaders can engage with others more thoughtfully and more effectively.

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